The angular size of the coma is not the angular size of the comet's nucleus. The coma is a very thin "atmosphere" surrounding the comet's nucleus and can get very large. It is much less dense then a morning fog.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 4126404

This makes sense, but this comet is not yet so active to create such a big coma in a dirty snow ball comet model anyway. For a little comet to create such coma, it should be very close to the Sun, but it is still between 4-5 UA, the distance where this thing should start to sublimate.

Quoting: glauco

It depends on the kind of comet.

If it's a comet on its first visit to the solar system it contains a lot of gas with a much deeper freezing point like nitrogen, oxygen or methan.This componets outgas at a much greater distance to the sun as e.g carbondioxyd.It's not uncommon for a first time visitor to have a 50,000 to 100,000 km coma at the distance of Jupiter.

For example: In prediscovery photo plates frome 1993 the comet Hale-Bopp showed a coma at a distance of 13 AU.

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If the Moon is off, if Earth wobbles or if there is a pole shifthow can things like this, predicted decades ago, happen?

The angular size of the coma is not the angular size of the comet's nucleus. The coma is a very thin "atmosphere" surrounding the comet's nucleus and can get very large. It is much less dense then a morning fog.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 4126404

This makes sense, but this comet is not yet so active to create such a big coma in a dirty snow ball comet model anyway. For a little comet to create such coma, it should be very close to the Sun, but it is still between 4-5 UA, the distance where this thing should start to sublimate.

Quoting: glauco

Coma's start to form at the distance but there is not set rule so why do create this strange rule that it shouldn't have a coma?

likely already known and posted somewhere on glp, but i couldn't find a reference to it on this thread...and will be of value here.

50% rule observed.

i am also going to post a new thread with this and put it on the comet dream thread that is currently going on for a passover event on march 25th. I believe that this comet's orbital bodies will be the problem ...coming late this year.

"November 15, 2012 posting ... join me on my november 15, 2012 weekly radio show as i continue and build on the thoughts of past weeks ... i will be talking about a possible modern day "Passover" ... last week i talked about the physics of the "Red Hand of Death" spoken of in the bible ... if you missed this show be sure to listen to the archive on the archive sub-page ... and many prior shows also that build up the series of information on impending comet C/2012/S1 which may be the same comet that appeared as the great comet of 1680 and is becoming a new member of our solar system ... NASA and the astronomy boys are trying their hardest to ignore the inevitable show this comet is about to put on ... last week i talked about the possibility that this comet could encounter earth electrically and could cause what the ancients called the "Red Hand of Death" here on planet earth ... this was dealt with in historical settings by what we now call the "Passover" ... there was a specific set of preparations and actions that were taken in societies and cultures all over the world ... the native americans talk about doing the same ... the mayans did the same ... the incas did the same ... it was not just limited to the israelites as they prepared to leave egypt under the direction of Moses ... the main science topic for the november 15, 2012 show is ... "A Modern Day Passover - on the Brink ??? " ... are we headed for a modern day passover event ??? listen and find out ... jim mccanney"

likely already known and posted somewhere on glp, but i couldn't find a reference to it on this thread...and will be of value here.

50% rule observed.

i am also going to post a new thread with this and put it on the comet dream thread that is currently going on for a passover event on march 25th. I believe that this comet's orbital bodies will be the problem ...coming late this year.

"November 15, 2012 posting ... join me on my november 15, 2012 weekly radio show as i continue and build on the thoughts of past weeks ... i will be talking about a possible modern day "Passover" ... last week i talked about the physics of the "Red Hand of Death" spoken of in the bible ... if you missed this show be sure to listen to the archive on the archive sub-page ... and many prior shows also that build up the series of information on impending comet C/2012/S1 which may be the same comet that appeared as the great comet of 1680 and is becoming a new member of our solar system ... NASA and the astronomy boys are trying their hardest to ignore the inevitable show this comet is about to put on ... last week i talked about the possibility that this comet could encounter earth electrically and could cause what the ancients called the "Red Hand of Death" here on planet earth ... this was dealt with in historical settings by what we now call the "Passover" ... there was a specific set of preparations and actions that were taken in societies and cultures all over the world ... the native americans talk about doing the same ... the mayans did the same ... the incas did the same ... it was not just limited to the israelites as they prepared to leave egypt under the direction of Moses ... the main science topic for the november 15, 2012 show is ... "A Modern Day Passover - on the Brink ??? " ... are we headed for a modern day passover event ??? listen and find out ... jim mccanney"

Quoting: a call 19932676

James (Jim) McCanney:"imagine the USA with riots in the city streets and no bat man to save you … it's coming … the things you are going to need are on my sales page."

McCanney uses the fear he generates from his theories to sell survival equipment, including water filters, non-GMO Corn seed, and an emergency sun-star clock. [link to www.cosmophobia.org]

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If the Moon is off, if Earth wobbles or if there is a pole shifthow can things like this, predicted decades ago, happen?

James (Jim) McCanney:"imagine the USA with riots in the city streets and no bat man to save you … it's coming … the things you are going to need are on my sales page."

McCanney uses the fear he generates from his theories to sell survival equipment, including water filters, non-GMO Corn seed, and an emergency sun-star clock. [link to www.cosmophobia.org]

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Quoting: Hydra

Man, don't be so fool. You can't take 3 lines of an incomplete phrase to decide if somebody is good or bad. McCanney's web site have more then 4gb of information regarding his scientific work, he edits and publishes his own books for decades, taught Physics, Astronomy and Math at Cornell for years, *HE IS* a scientist, an independent scientist who have no doubts about his science, and you bring three lines of an incomplete phrase to tie your ideas about him? Man, you are totally out of your mind, that's not the way it works.

Besides that, he hosts a weekly radio show *with no commercials* and also finances his own researches, which he does literally around the world. What do you imagine, that Professor is getting rich selling some books and water filters? Do me a favor please, he needs to pay for his show and his researches by himself, he needs the money, and to be honest, you really cannot find his items anywhere else in the world, and *everybody* needs a good water filter. No doubts about that. He would gain a lot of more money doing traditional science or working in private companies than selling books or water filters! Use your head, man!

Also, regarding your cosmophobia link, anybody who have patience to listen to some of the previous thirteen years of radio shows on Professor's McCanney web site or have 60 dolars to buy all of his books will rapidly realize that Cosmophobia's author never read two lines of McCanney's work. Among a lot of other errors regarding Professor's work that the author wrote there, he states McCanney as pseudocientist. Man, how could a pseudoscientist to have dozens of scientifical papers published by NASA, Cornell and Harvard and participate as a guest on scientific meetings all around the world? Do me a favor, man!

Also he states that Professor McCanney and Phil Plait has had "crossed swords" a couple times what is a big lie! Professor *never, ever* had debated with Phil Plait, actually Professor had a debate with Phil's Plait boss, the actual director of NASA, Mr. Charles Bolden in a radio station fifteen years ago and Charles has had *lost* the debate. Nobody else from NASA never has had a debate with Professor since then.

Not only the Cosmophobia page, the Phil Plait's page have so many lies and misinformation regarding McCanney's work that I cannot even start writing it here.

I believe you have a very poor background in research or is a very bad intentioned person to hold a so important flag without a minimum set of informations and good sense. Tks God that you are not a scientist in any area.

The angular size of the coma is not the angular size of the comet's nucleus. The coma is a very thin "atmosphere" surrounding the comet's nucleus and can get very large. It is much less dense then a morning fog.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 4126404

This makes sense, but this comet is not yet so active to create such a big coma in a dirty snow ball comet model anyway. For a little comet to create such coma, it should be very close to the Sun, but it is still between 4-5 UA, the distance where this thing should start to sublimate.

Quoting: glauco

It depends on the kind of comet.

If it's a comet on its first visit to the solar system it contains a lot of gas with a much deeper freezing point like nitrogen, oxygen or methan.This componets outgas at a much greater distance to the sun as e.g carbondioxyd.It's not uncommon for a first time visitor to have a 50,000 to 100,000 km coma at the distance of Jupiter.

For example: In prediscovery photo plates frome 1993 the comet Hale-Bopp showed a coma at a distance of 13 AU.

James (Jim) McCanney:"imagine the USA with riots in the city streets and no bat man to save you … it's coming … the things you are going to need are on my sales page."

McCanney uses the fear he generates from his theories to sell survival equipment, including water filters, non-GMO Corn seed, and an emergency sun-star clock. [link to www.cosmophobia.org]

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Quoting: Hydra

Man, don't be so fool. You can't take 3 lines of an incomplete phrase to decide if somebody is good or bad. McCanney's web site have more then 4gb of information regarding his scientific work, he edits and publishes his own books for decades, taught Physics, Astronomy and Math at Cornell for years, *HE IS* a scientist, an independent scientist who have no doubts about his science, and you bring three lines of an incomplete phrase to tie your ideas about him? Man, you are totally out of your mind, that's not the way it works.

Besides that, he hosts a weekly radio show *with no commercials* and also finances his own researches, which he does literally around the world. What do you imagine, that Professor is getting rich selling some books and water filters? Do me a favor please, he needs to pay for his show and his researches by himself, he needs the money, and to be honest, you really cannot find his items anywhere else in the world, and *everybody* needs a good water filter. No doubts about that. He would gain a lot of more money doing traditional science or working in private companies than selling books or water filters! Use your head, man!

Also, regarding your cosmophobia link, anybody who have patience to listen to some of the previous thirteen years of radio shows on Professor's McCanney web site or have 60 dolars to buy all of his books will rapidly realize that Cosmophobia's author never read two lines of McCanney's work. Among a lot of other errors regarding Professor's work that the author wrote there, he states McCanney as pseudocientist. Man, how could a pseudoscientist to have dozens of scientifical papers published by NASA, Cornell and Harvard and participate as a guest on scientific meetings all around the world? Do me a favor, man!

Also he states that Professor McCanney and Phil Plait has had "crossed swords" a couple times what is a big lie! Professor *never, ever* had debated with Phil Plait, actually Professor had a debate with Phil's Plait boss, the actual director of NASA, Mr. Charles Bolden in a radio station fifteen years ago and Charles has had *lost* the debate. Nobody else from NASA never has had a debate with Professor since then.

Not only the Cosmophobia page, the Phil Plait's page have so many lies and misinformation regarding McCanney's work that I cannot even start writing it here.

I believe you have a very poor background in research or is a very bad intentioned person to hold a so important flag without a minimum set of informations and good sense. Tks God that you are not a scientist in any area.

Quoting: glauco

These guys rip him every chance they get. They know nothing!

Where did that thread go about the Nova somebody found today and captured. That got buried fast...? I saw the thread. Where is it.

The angular size of the coma is not the angular size of the comet's nucleus. The coma is a very thin "atmosphere" surrounding the comet's nucleus and can get very large. It is much less dense then a morning fog.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 4126404

This makes sense, but this comet is not yet so active to create such a big coma in a dirty snow ball comet model anyway. For a little comet to create such coma, it should be very close to the Sun, but it is still between 4-5 UA, the distance where this thing should start to sublimate.

Quoting: glauco

It depends on the kind of comet.

If it's a comet on its first visit to the solar system it contains a lot of gas with a much deeper freezing point like nitrogen, oxygen or methan.This componets outgas at a much greater distance to the sun as e.g carbondioxyd.It's not uncommon for a first time visitor to have a 50,000 to 100,000 km coma at the distance of Jupiter.

For example: In prediscovery photo plates frome 1993 the comet Hale-Bopp showed a coma at a distance of 13 AU.

James (Jim) McCanney:"imagine the USA with riots in the city streets and no bat man to save you … it's coming … the things you are going to need are on my sales page."

McCanney uses the fear he generates from his theories to sell survival equipment, including water filters, non-GMO Corn seed, and an emergency sun-star clock. [link to www.cosmophobia.org]

Quoting: Hydra

Man, don't be so fool. You can't take 3 lines of an incomplete phrase to decide if somebody is good or bad.

Quoting: glauco

You've seen I can.

McCanney's web site have more then 4gb of information regarding his scientific work

Quoting: glauco

Wow - does that mean that I'm more reliable when I have 5gb?The size of a webpage don't say anything about the reliability of the page.

What I have read from his page is simple utterly bullshit.

he edits and publishes his own books for decades

Quoting: glauco

No, he is making money by frightenig his readers since decades.

taught Physics, Astronomy and Math at Cornell for years, *HE IS* a scientist, an independent scientist who have no doubts about his science

Quoting: glauco

He was a lecture at Cornell in 1979 and 1980. A scientist? At best a pseudo-scientist.From his page regarding the close approach of C/2012 S1 (ISON) with Mars:"Mars is gonna slow down in it's orbit, it's gonna drop into a lower orbit, and potentially come much closer to Earth."Really? Wow - McCanny proves Newton, Kepler and Einstein wrong.Simple orbilal mechanics: To bring Mars closer to the sun (and earth), you have to speed it up. A slow down would bring it into a higher orbit.

May be he taught Physics, Astronomy and Math for 3rd graders.Btw, can you give any reliable sources, eg from Cornell, abot what he taught?

and you bring three lines of an incomplete phrase to tie your ideas about him?

Quoting: glauco

This three lines describe McCanney quite well.

Man, you are totally out of your mind, that's not the way it works.

Quoting: glauco

The way it works is to reference your claims. Where is your reference?

Besides that, he hosts a weekly radio show *with no commercials*

Quoting: glauco

That proves his honesty? Every idiot can make a radio show today. And I wouldn't ran a commercial on a dubious radio show, so do others.

and also finances his own researches, which he does literally around the world.

Quoting: glauco

Like his "The Harrington Expedition" in March 2003 to South America? Funded by donations he collected and that came out as a holiday trip exploring Mayan ruins?

What do you imagine, that Professor is getting rich selling some books and water filters?

Quoting: glauco

"Professor" James McCanney? Can you give any references to his professorship? At least I couldn't find any - au contraire.

What do you imagine, that Professor is getting rich selling some books and water filters? Do me a favor please, he needs to pay for his show and his researches by himself, he needs the money, and to be honest, you really cannot find his items anywhere else in the world, and *everybody* needs a good water filter. No doubts about that. He would gain a lot of more money doing traditional science or working in private companies than selling books or water filters! Use your head, man!

Quoting: glauco

At least he has a living from selling his crap. Oh wait, after the Mayan-Doom fail and Planet X No-Show it seems he has some difficulties.

Do me a favor please, he needs to pay for his show and his researches by himself, he needs the money

Quoting: glauco

See "The Harrington Expedition" above.

and to be honest, you really cannot find his crap anywhere else in the world, and *everybody* needs a good water filter. No doubts about that.

Quoting: glauco

Fixed it for you. Btw: I know how to purify water without a "good water filter". Do you?

He would gain a lot of more money doing traditional science or working in private companies than selling books or water filters! Use your head, man!

Quoting: glauco

Yeah, sure. I'd do like hell and employ a "scientist" who doesn't know planetary mechanics, who states comet Hale Bopp developed into a planet or who takes the coma of a comat as the nucleus.

Also, regarding your cosmophobia link, anybody who have patience to listen to some of the previous thirteen years of radio shows on Professor's McCanney web site or have 60 dolars to buy all of his books will rapidly realize that Cosmophobia's author never read two lines of McCanney's work. Among a lot of other errors regarding Professor's work that the author wrote there, he states McCanney as pseudocientist.

Quoting: glauco

If the Cosmophobia author never read two lines of McCanney's "work", how can they quote? They are quite familiar with his "work". Even 1 dollar would be to much for his outdated crappy books about Planet X and the Mayan doom date. And what else is McCanney as a pseudocientist (at best)?

Man, how could a pseudoscientist to have dozens of scientifical papers published by NASA, Cornell and Harvard and participate as a guest on scientific meetings all around the world? Do me a favor, man!

Quoting: glauco

Reference to his "scientifical papers" published by NASA, Cornell and Harvard and to his "scientific meetings" all around the world.

Also he states that Professor McCanney and Phil Plait has had "crossed swords" a couple times what is a big lie! Professor *never, ever* had debated with Phil Plait, actually Professor had a debate with Phil's Plait boss, the actual director of NASA, Mr. Charles Bolden in a radio station fifteen years ago and Charles has had *lost* the debate. Nobody else from NASA never has had a debate with Professor since then.

Not only the Cosmophobia page, the Phil Plait's page have so many lies and misinformation regarding McCanney's work that I cannot even start writing it here.

Quoting: glauco

See above.

I believe you have a very poor background in research or is a very bad intentioned person to hold a so important flag without a minimum set of informations and good sense. Tks God that you are not a scientist in any area.

Quoting: glauco

As a science journalist I have a quite good background in research and especially in cross checking the results - somthing you definitely have a lack of.

Yes, times are hard for the McCanneys, Masters and Lieders after the Maya-End-Day-Doom-No-Show.It's hard for them now to sell their ideological and physical crap.So they send their last believers to conspiracy forums like GLP to look for new victims, to sell their crap or to accquire new members.

Since one month there is a significant increase in ZetaTards, promotors of Marshal Masters videos and McCanney supporters.They com to GLP like the flies to a pile of shit.(So I'm not suggesting, GLP is a pile of shit)

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If the Moon is off, if Earth wobbles or if there is a pole shifthow can things like this, predicted decades ago, happen?

Yes, you do, and is not correct. Is against any rules of debate. You *MUST* focus on the subject and what the speaker means, *NEVER* isolating little pieces of text. What kind of scientific jornalist are you?

Wow - does that mean that I'm more reliable when I have 5gb?The size of a webpage don't say anything about the reliability of the page.

What I have read from his page is simple utterly bullshit.

Quoting: Hydra

No, this means you need to get the context, not *one* line of text. Even the line you bring here is broken.

No, he is making money by frightenig his readers since decades.

Quoting: Hydra

Bla bla.

He was a lecture at Cornell in 1979 and 1980. A scientist? At best a pseudo-scientist.

Quoting: Hydra

Yeah, it is a costume to the great University in the world on space sciences to hire non specialized people. Look all their projects with NASA, so poor!

From his page regarding the close approach of C/2012 S1 (ISON) with Mars:"Mars is gonna slow down in it's orbit, it's gonna drop into a lower orbit, and potentially come much closer to Earth."Really? Wow - McCanny proves Newton, Kepler and Einstein wrong.Simple orbilal mechanics: To bring Mars closer to the sun (and earth), you have to speed it up. A slow down would bring it into a higher orbit.

Quoting: Hydra

Again, you took two broken lines and a half of a excerpt out of context. Where did you learn to debate this way, in a jail? In this text you bring (in the hole story), he was giving some possibilities that could happen *IF* C/2012 S1 is a bigger-than-Mars comet, *IF* it passes *really* closes to Mars, *IF* it passes in a very high velocity and *IF* the gravitational tug occurs due to proximity. See why you can't get little excerpts? I still think you have bad intentions here.

May be he taught Physics, Astronomy and Math for 3rd graders.

Quoting: Hydra

Sure, it was a project at Cornell to taught to 3rd graders instead of University (kidding).

Btw, can you give any reliable sources, eg from Cornell, abot what he taught?

Quoting: Hydra

Sure, take a look at adsabs.harvard.edu and look for his papers. He will see that some of them were published through the Math and Phys departments at Cornell.

This three lines describe McCanney quite well.

Quoting: Hydra

As anything on life.

The way it works is to reference your claims. Where is your reference?

Quoting: Hydra

References about what? If I'm talking about the Professor I can only send you to his website.

That proves his honesty? Every idiot can make a radio show today. And I wouldn't ran a commercial on a dubious radio show, so do others.

Quoting: Hydra

No, this proves he needs money to pay for the show himself *BECAUSE HE HAVE NO SUPPORTERS*.

Like his "The Harrington Expedition" in March 2003 to South America? Funded by donations he collected and that came out as a holiday trip exploring Mayan ruins?

Quoting: Hydra

Yes, as I said he does trips around the world, and the Mayan ruins are very important to anybody studying space, agree?? Mayans where the most advanced people in space sciences in the world during the Empire.

"Professor" James McCanney? Can you give any references to his professorship? At least I couldn't find any - au contraire.

Quoting: Hydra

The title "Professor" all around the world but in USA and Canada is any person who teaches. As he was a teacher in some countries in Latin America and his audience is worldwide, so he *IS* a Professor.

At least he has a living from selling his crap. Oh wait, after the Mayan-Doom fail and Planet X No-Show it seems he has some difficulties.

Quoting: Hydra

He was the first person in the scientific world to debunk the Mayan Calendar Stuff, go see his past postings.

Btw: I know how to purify water without a "good water filter". Do you?

Quoting: Hydra

No, you don't.

Yeah, sure. I'd do like hell and employ a "scientist" who doesn't know planetary mechanics, who states comet Hale Bopp developed into a planet or who takes the coma of a comat as the nucleus.

Quoting: Hydra

Hale Bopp was a really big comet.

If the Cosmophobia author never read two lines of McCanney's "work", how can they quote? They are quite familiar with his "work".

Quoting: Hydra

The same way you are doing here: extracting little excerpts of text and being rude.

Even 1 dollar would be to much for his outdated crappy books about Planet X and the Mayan doom date. And what else is McCanney as a pseudocientist (at best)?

Quoting: Hydra

Bla bla bla.

Reference to his "scientifical papers" published by NASA, Cornell and Harvard and to his "scientific meetings" all around the world.

Quoting: Hydra

Here: adsabs.harvard.edu. I found more in other repositories, but I missed them.

So Phil Plait never crossed swords with McCanney?

Quoting: Hydra

No, never.

Shall I look for the transscription of the debate on C2C?

Quoting: Hydra

Yes, you should. Read your links again, Phil Plait was a guest in George's Noory show to expose his work, not to debate. Anyway, Professor is a guest in George's show every week.

Folks, go there check, Hydra is loosing his heads. Phil is talking alone, there is no debate.

Not only the Cosmophobia page, the Phil Plait's page have so many lies and misinformation regarding McCanney's work that I cannot even start writing it here.

Quoting: glauco

See above.

Quoting: Hydra

See above 2.

As a science journalist I have a quite good background in research and especially in cross checking the results - somthing you definitely have a lack of.

Quoting: Hydra

Bla bla bla.

Yes, times are hard for the McCanneys, Masters and Lieders after the Maya-End-Day-Doom-No-Show.

At least he has a living from selling his crap. Oh wait, after the Mayan-Doom fail and Planet X No-Show it seems he has some difficulties.

Quoting: Hydra

He was the first person in the scientific world to debunk the Mayan Calendar Stuff, go see his past postings.

Quoting: glauco

Quoting: Hydra

It's hard for them now to sell their ideological and physical crap. So they send their last believers to conspiracy forums like GLP to look for new victims, to sell their crap or to accquire new members. Since one month there is a significant increase in ZetaTards, promotors of Marshal Masters videos and McCanney supporters.They com to GLP like the flies to a pile of shit.(So I'm not suggesting, GLP is a pile of shit)

James (Jim) McCanney:"imagine the USA with riots in the city streets and no bat man to save you … it's coming … the things you are going to need are on my sales page."

McCanney uses the fear he generates from his theories to sell survival equipment, including water filters, non-GMO Corn seed, and an emergency sun-star clock. [link to www.cosmophobia.org]

Quoting: Hydra

Man, don't be so fool. You can't take 3 lines of an incomplete phrase to decide if somebody is good or bad.

Quoting: glauco

You've seen I can.

Quoting: Hydra

Yes, you do, and is not correct. Is against any rules of debate. You *MUST* focus on the subject and what the speaker means, *NEVER* isolating little pieces of text. What kind of scientific jornalist are you?

Quoting: glauco

The bolded part of McCanneys quote describes exactly the intention of McC. I don't know how the context around this quote could change the meaning of the quote.

What do you imagine, that Professor is getting rich selling some books and water filters?

Quoting: glauco

"Professor" James McCanney? Can you give any references to his professorship? At least I couldn't find any - au contraire.

Quoting: Hydra

The title "Professor" all around the world but in USA and Canada is any person who teaches. As he was a teacher in some countries in Latin America and his audience is worldwide, so he *IS* a Professor.

Quoting: glauco

"In the United States and Canada the title of professor is granted to most scholars with doctorate degrees or equivalent qualifications (typically Ph.D.s) who teach in two- and four-year colleges and universities, and is used in the titles assistant professor and associate professor, which are not considered professor-level positions elsewhere, as well as for full professors." [link to en.wikipedia.org]

He [McCanney] claims to hold an M.S. degree. That's not usually enough, and at Cornell (where he claims to have taught) I know for a fact it's not enough. ... No way could anyone with merely a Master's degree be addressed there as "Professor"."... I don't see where this individual [McCanney] has claimed to hold a PhD. One can hold a PhD and not hold a professorship. But in general (and especially at Cornell) one cannot hold a professorship without also holding a PhD. It's simply a requirement for the job." [link to cosmoquest.org]

Please provide evidence that McCanney holds a PhD and on what subject.

Man, how could a pseudoscientist to have dozens of scientifical papers published by NASA, Cornell and Harvard and participate as a guest on scientific meetings all around the world? Do me a favor, man!

Quoting: glauco

Reference to his "scientifical papers" published by NASA, Cornell and Harvard and to his "scientific meetings" all around the world.

Quoting: Hydra

Here: adsabs.harvard.edu. I found more in other repositories, but I missed them.

Quoting: glauco

Please link to the specific documents and events - I as well don't give you a link to Google and say "Look it up for yourself".

Once we have clarified the professorship of James McCanney and as a consequence his credibility, we can go on with the other topics like the "planet sized nucleus" of C/2012 S1 (ISON), "the mass of this comet which could rival little mars" and change mars orbit or that comets collect matter and become planets or comet Hale Bopp had a companion (though millions of people and astronomers watched it but no one saw this companion).

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If the Moon is off, if Earth wobbles or if there is a pole shifthow can things like this, predicted decades ago, happen?

I agree that Ison will be significant, whether it be a Kachina star or Nibiru or maybe even both, not sure.

I leaning towards the Blue kachina tho, the previous comets thought to be where not significant enough to warn people of a new world coming. This this has to be big! like comet ISON!

"it is expected to be 15x brighter than a full moon, and will remain in the sky for the naked eye for months"

Honestly cant wait, intuition is screaming that this comet will be something!

Quoting: sssss

To say it with the words of Forrest Gump:"Comets are like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get."

The current development of the light curve shows a peak brightness of -13 mag at 2013 Nov. 28, 18:00 UTC. That is as bright as the full moon - not 15 times as bright.But this peak brightnes the comet will reach only at some hours around perihelion (his closest approach to the sun).The day before and after the perihelion the estimated brightnes is only -3.8 mag, about the brightness of Venus.

Unfortunately at this time (Perihelion +/- 1 day) the comet is too close to the sun to be observable without special equipment (simulating a solar eclipse - don't know the englisch word, in german it's "Protoberanzenansatz"). Nevertheless it will be in the Lasco images at that time.

A more reliable brightness estimation can be made in July/August (at best) - at the moment the development is lower than expected.

Estimated brightness of C/2012 S1 (ISON) - perihelion +/- 1.5 days.

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If the Moon is off, if Earth wobbles or if there is a pole shifthow can things like this, predicted decades ago, happen?

I stand corrected - I mistook it with another debate Plait had.Nevertheless Plait ripped McCanney a new one.

Quoting: Hydra

No problem, I would love too to see a debate between them as happened with Charles Bolden long ago.

James (Jim) McCanney:"imagine the USA with riots in the city streets and no bat man to save you … it's coming … the things you are going to need are on my sales page."

McCanney uses the fear he generates from his theories to sell survival equipment, including water filters, non-GMO Corn seed, and an emergency sun-star clock. [link to www.cosmophobia.org]

Quoting: Hydra

The bolded part of McCanneys quote describes exactly the intention of McC. I don't know how the context around this quote could change the meaning of the quote.

Quoting: Hydra

*FOR SURE* he intends to sell his stuff, he needs to, is his way of life. But this don't means he have bad intentions using his science and selling stuff, as you would discover if start reading his books or if start listening to his radio shows.

The title "Professor" all around the world but in USA and Canada is any person who teaches. As he was a teacher in some countries in Latin America and his audience is worldwide, so he *IS* a Professor.

Quoting: glauco

"In the United States and Canada the title of professor is granted to most scholars with doctorate degrees or equivalent qualifications (typically Ph.D.s) who teach in two- and four-year colleges and universities, and is used in the titles assistant professor and associate professor, which are not considered professor-level positions elsewhere, as well as for full professors." [link to en.wikipedia.org]

He [McCanney] claims to hold an M.S. degree. That's not usually enough, and at Cornell (where he claims to have taught) I know for a fact it's not enough. ... No way could anyone with merely a Master's degree be addressed there as "Professor"."... I don't see where this individual [McCanney] has claimed to hold a PhD. One can hold a PhD and not hold a professorship. But in general (and especially at Cornell) one cannot hold a professorship without also holding a PhD. It's simply a requirement for the job." [link to cosmoquest.org]

Please provide evidence that McCanney holds a PhD and on what subject.

Quoting: Hydra

I'm not sure if I'm clear due to language difficulties, as I'm Brazilian, but as I stated and you find it out in wikipedia (I hate wikipedia, but is good sometimes), that only in USA and Canada the title "Professor" is given only to hi-degree academic positions *or* if the guy is already a teacher and is good enough to deserve the title. In any other country in the world a Professor is anyone who teaches, you don't need neither an academic degree to do so. It is only a semantic problem. So, as McCanney have an world-wide audience and he teaches to them, there is no problem on calling him "Professor McCanney", do you understand what I mean?

Please link to the specific documents and events - I as well don't give you a link to Google and say "Look it up for yourself".

Once we have clarified the professorship of James McCanney and as a consequence his credibility, we can go on with the other topics like the "planet sized nucleus" of C/2012 S1 (ISON), "the mass of this comet which could rival little mars" and change mars orbit or that comets collect matter and become planets or comet Hale Bopp had a companion (though millions of people and astronomers watched it but no one saw this companion).

Quoting: Hydra

Well, his credibility is now proven, but we are not discussing specifically these other topics. How I would say that C/2012 S1 is a planet-sized comet without pictures if you don't consider McCanney's work? I can't push it onto your mind. The same with Hale-Bopp, which we have just a little sort of images during his 6-years travel into Solar System. We need to wait ISON arrival next October to check out if it is big or not. According to some observations made on ISON and his electrical alignments it is big, but you don't consider electricity in outer space, so the only way is to wait.

BUT, if you want to know what is electricity in outer space and how it build planets, I can tell you.

*FOR SURE* he intends to sell his stuff, he needs to, is his way of life.

Quoting: glauco

Why is it his way of life?Why did he run away from academe?

I'm not sure if I'm clear due to language difficulties, as I'm Brazilian, but as I stated and you find it out in wikipedia (I hate wikipedia, but is good sometimes), that only in USA and Canada the title "Professor" is given only to hi-degree academic positions *or* if the guy is already a teacher and is good enough to deserve the title.

Quoting: glauco

He might actually be breaking the law here.

In any other country in the world a Professor is anyone who teaches,

Quoting: glauco

This is incorrect.Who told you this lie?

It is only a semantic problem.

Quoting: glauco

McCanney is an American.Pretending to be a professor.He isn't.

So, as McCanney have an world-wide audience and he teaches to them, there is no problem on calling him "Professor McCanney", do you understand what I mean?

Quoting: glauco

Yes.You are supporting a deceptive lie.

The ONLY reason McCanney lies about his credentials is to inflate his 'authority'.That tells us enough.He's pulling the "believe me, I'm scientist" trick.In science, REAL science, assertions are assessed on the merit of the EVIDENCE.

If Stephen Hawking had written these books people would have called him a crank to his face.

Please link to the specific documents and events - I as well don't give you a link to Google and say "Look it up for yourself".

I don't like that, I'm talking to Hydra. Last time I smashed Astronut the same occurred, and I had to do the same twice. But I will respond appropriately. I don't think Hydra needs help, but if you insist...

Why is it his way of life?Why did he run away from academe?

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz, FCD

I'm not sure. He have a lot of reasons, I guess. Try to look for this information in his "Thought of the day" subpage, I guess he talk a lot about in an old radio show.

He might actually be breaking the law here.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz, FCD

I don't think so, he don't publishes nor present himself as "Professor", this is the way people call him. He only present himself as James M. McCanney M.S.

In any other country in the world a Professor is anyone who teaches,

Quoting: glauco

This is incorrect.Who told you this lie?

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz, FCD

Nobody man, I live in South America, I have my degree and I know what I'm saying. Come here and you will see how many Professors we have. Then take a trip around the world. It is semantics as I said.

McCanney is an American.Pretending to be a professor.He isn't.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

He don't pretend, this is the way people call him. Go see his publications, apparitions and meetings he go and you will see him presenting himself as James M. McCanney M.S.

So, as McCanney have an world-wide audience and he teaches to them, there is no problem on calling him "Professor McCanney", do you understand what I mean?

Quoting: glauco

Yes.You are supporting a deceptive lie.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

Bla bla bla. Go call the cops.

The ONLY reason McCanney lies about his credentials is to inflate his 'authority'.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

As I said, he don't present himself as Professor.

He's pulling the "believe me, I'm scientist" trick.In science, REAL science, assertions are assessed on the merit of the EVIDENCE.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

A scientist do researches and publish papers. And needs a degree. That's what he does.

If Stephen Hawking had written these books people would have called him a crank to his face.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

Why? Isn't Hawking a theorist physicist?

But none of these papers are relevant to his woo claims.

Quoting: Hydra

Yes, it is. All these papers talks about electricity in outer space, if you read the title and the Abstracts.

This guy puts his woo in self-published books.He doesn't even try to get them peer-reviewed.

Quoting: Hydra

Books don't needs peer-review.

McCanney is not a scientist.Scientists do science.

Quoting: Hydra

Scientists do researches and publish papers. That's what he does and I prove it from official sources.

Nope.McCanney can prove his credibility by getting his 'theories' peer-reviewed.Then people will start to take him serious.

Quoting: Hydra

His first papers in Cornell were peer-reviewed. Not sure about other ones published out of Cornell by American Geophysical Union, but I guess so.

Currently he's indistinguishable from the hundreds of other woo-peddlers.

Quoting: Hydra

Sorry, I don't understand slangs very well. Avoid it for non-english speakers, please.

Sure, proselytise your religion of electrickery to the sheeple, McCanney fanboi.There are plenty of those here.

Quoting: Hydra

Religious people is exactly what I said about NASA and other official space sciences. Is peer-reviewed, but never includes the real scientific method defined by Karl Popper.

Man, I'm so good. Where is the smart guys in this forum? I only see quacks.

I don't think so, he don't publishes nor present himself as "Professor", this is the way people call him. He only present himself as James M. McCanney M.S.

Quoting: glauco

So he's a "Great Teacher"?

In any other country in the world a Professor is anyone who teaches,

Quoting: glauco

This is incorrect.Who told you this lie?

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz, FCD

Nobody man, I live in South America, I have my degree and I know what I'm saying. Come here and you will see how many Professors we have. Then take a trip around the world. It is semantics as I said.

Quoting: glauco

It is incorrect means it is not true.In many countries professor is a protected term.

Why do you keep repeating this lie?

So, as McCanney have an world-wide audience and he teaches to them, there is no problem on calling him "Professor McCanney", do you understand what I mean?

Quoting: glauco

Yes.You are supporting a deceptive lie.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

Bla bla bla. Go call the cops.

Quoting: glauco

I'm afraid being a cult leader, or doom-monger, or an intellectual fraud, isn't illegal as such.

The ONLY reason McCanney lies about his credentials is to inflate his 'authority'.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

As I said, he don't present himself as Professor.

Quoting: glauco

So his followers have giving him a Very Special Tittle.

He's pulling the "believe me, I'm scientist" trick.In science, REAL science, assertions are assessed on the merit of the EVIDENCE.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

A scientist do researches and publish papers. And needs a degree. That's what he does.

Quoting: glauco

We are talking about James "the comets gain mass, are as massive as planets, there's a doomsday planet coming that's going to kill us any day now" McCanney, aren't we.None of that stuff science.

If Stephen Hawking had written these books people would have called him a crank to his face.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

Why? Isn't Hawking a theorist physicist?

Quoting: glauco

Because if Hawking would write books filled with crank people wouldn't just gobble it up and believe it.They would see it was crank and they would tell him so. Time to retire Stephen.

But none of these papers are relevant to his woo claims.

Quoting: Hydra

Yes, it is. All these papers talks about electricity in outer space, if you read the title and the Abstracts.

Quoting: glauco

Are there any about comets gaining mass?Are there any about comets being as massive as planets?Are there any about the Mystery Planet of Doom™?

Why doesn't he publish those theories in the journals?They would be very important theories, IF TRUE.

This guy puts his woo in self-published books.He doesn't even try to get them peer-reviewed.

Quoting: Hydra

Books don't needs peer-review.

Quoting: glauco

And that why he sells his stuff in book form.

Nobody to tell him he screwed up.

Currently he's indistinguishable from the hundreds of other woo-peddlers.

Quoting: Hydra

Sorry, I don't understand slangs very well. Avoid it for non-english speakers, please.

Quoting: glauco

The only thing that makes James McCanney different from other professional bullshitters like Hazelwood, Lieder, etc. is that he dresses up his bullshit in sciency language, and waves his diploma around a lot.

Sure, proselytise your religion of electrickery to the sheeple, McCanney fanboi.There are plenty of those here.

Quoting: Hydra

Religious people is exactly what I said about NASA and other official space sciences. Is peer-reviewed, but never includes the real scientific method defined by Karl Popper.

Quoting: glauco

You make a lot of claims you can't proof, don't you?

Man, I'm so good. Where is the smart guys in this forum? I only see quacks.

Quoting: glauco

Don't make me laugh.

You have yet to present a single piece of evidence that your guru is right about anything.All you did was present an appeal to scientific authority.Since every real scientist who is familiar with McCanney's B.S. thinks he's a crank, that only backfires.

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. — Don Marquis

Hatred is a cancer upon the world.It rots the mind and blackens the heart.

It is incorrect means it is not true.In many countries professor is a protected term.

Why do you keep repeating this lie?

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz, FCD

No, it is not a lie. For example, if I know C# Programming Language and I have a class of students, no matter if I have a degree, I will be hired as "Professor". At least here in South America, I don't know how it works in Europe. Hydra bring us a wikipedia article on how it works in USA and Canada, why don't you do the same for some coutries?

I'm afraid being a cult leader, or doom-monger, or an intellectual fraud, isn't illegal as such.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

Alright, so let it go.

So his followers have giving him a Very Special Tittle.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

Yeah, I think so.

We are talking about James "the comets gain mass, are as massive as planets, there's a doomsday planet coming that's going to kill us any day now" McCanney, aren't we.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

Actually he never said that, he said that "a few comets gain mass, a few comets are massive and probably one of them someday will have our name on it.". I know where you found this misinformation about him, I read it on Phil Plait website before.

None of that stuff science.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

Tell me about science and how it works.

Because if Hawking would write books filled with crank people wouldn't just gobble it up and believe it.They would see it was crank and they would tell him so. Time to retire Stephen.

Quoting: Halcyon Dayz,FCD

Well, this is a personal motivation. I personally don't like Hawking and I'm not even sure if is really him who wrote his books.

But none of these papers are relevant to his woo claims.Are there any about comets gaining mass?Are there any about comets being as massive as planets?Are there any about the Mystery Planet of Doom™?

Quoting: Hydra

Yes, some of them gain mass.Yes, some of them are massive as planets.Yes, one day one could come here in our vicinities. Who knows? If small ones may come, why not big ones?

Why doesn't he publish those theories in the journals?They would be very important theories, IF TRUE.

Quoting: Hydra

His papers were published in several jornals: Moon and the Planets, Astrophysics and Space Science, and several publishings in one european jornal that changed his name long ago, the name was Cosmos. I found some more sometime ago but I missed them. You should take a look on my conversation with Hydra, I already gave this information.

Books don't needs peer-review.And that why he sells his stuff in book form.Nobody to tell him he screwed up.

Quoting: Hydra

The scientific papers are already published, the books are made for common people, not scientists. But the content is the same. And as you would see on my conversation with Hydra, he still publishes his papers on AGU meetings.

The only thing that makes James McCanney different from other professional bullshitters like Hazelwood, Lieder, etc. is that he dresses up his bullshit in sciency language, and waves his diploma around a lot.

Quoting: Hydra

Alright, it is your opinion, don't need proof.

You make a lot of claims you can't proof, don't you?

Quoting: Hydra

Want to talk about Falseability and Occam's Razor? But take care, I really know these subjects.

Don't make me laugh.

Quoting: Hydra

Are you a woman? If so I may continue.

You have yet to present a single piece of evidence that your guru is right about anything.

Quoting: Hydra

We may start if you wish. In this thread I'm just trying to undo the big injustice Hydra made with Professor's name. I should not do that, I will be honest, was just because Phil was doing a so hard work trying to debunk McCanney in his website that I found McCanney's site. I believe most peoples do the same.

All you did was present an appeal to scientific authority.

Quoting: Hydra

You did the same with Phil Plait and Hawking.

Since every real scientist who is familiar with McCanney's B.S. thinks he's a crank, that only backfires.